Home » Compare Comparing Heartsome Translation Studio and Wordfast Anywhere Which software is better? Here is a rundown of features and reviews to help you make your decision. | |  |  | | Name | Heartsome Translation Studio | Wordfast Anywhere | | Review breakdown | | | | Most helpful review | very nice features available, but not as efficient to use and support may be spotty This is a beautiful program, with some very nice features. But ultimately I chose OmegaT over Heartsome, because Heartsome just isn't as efficient to use.
pluses:
* can filter the editing pane to show only certain types of segments
* easy to switch the editing pane between horizontal and vertical relation of source to target segment
* can merge and split a segment (I didn’t try this feature out)
* can edit the source segment
* can display formatting tags at three different levels of detail
* numeral consistency check (my sample translations didn’t have figures in them, so I couldn’t test this feature)
minuses:
* technical support is iffy: I sent a note to support through the website, and never received any reply. Later their support staff just happened to send me a “How’s it going?” email, and in my reply I included the full text of my support request. They were then very helpful in addressing all issues, albeit with a time-zone delay since they’re located in East Asia. Perhaps regular email is the way to contact them.
the process of starting up a new project seems long to me, though this is a little hard for me to quantify or explain
* it failed to import my tmx file — though technical support examined my file, declared it was a glitch in their program, and said they would resolve it
* I found the various segment statuses confusing, as well as the icons used to denote them (the program and the documentation don’t fully explain what the icons mean)
* the program creates a rather complex folder hierarchy, and it can be hard to find the translation memories and glossaries to select them in the program, and to find the target file (except by opening it from within the program)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | hey, not bad! I tried out six different CAT tools to find out which works best for me, and this one came in second after OmegaT. I might continue using Wordfast for scanned documents needing OCR, if I want to edit the source text while translating, and perhaps if I want to merge or split a translation memory.
pluses:
really quick and easy to start a new project
automatically puts the fuzzy match (including machine translation) into the target segment; if there are several matches, you can then toggle between them
makes a large public translation memory available to you — I didn’t try this but it sounds useful
built-in optical character recognizer
lets you upload files with a simple drag and drop
lets you edit the source segment, in a quick and easy manner
can import and export TMX files
the “placeables” feature is useful — I used it to insert an em-dash wherever I needed one
minuses:
no spell-checker
the glossary doesn’t automatically look up words from the segment
sometimes it freezes up somehow, so that I can’t open a segment by double-clicking on it
some kind of internal codes clutter the editor pane somewhat
doesn’t work with files in Open Document format
dialog boxes don’t close when I press the “Escape” key
whenever I paste any text from the source segment or the match pane into the target segment, it displays it with funny formatting until I leave the segment and come back to it
the “placeables” feature didn’t work the first time I tried the program
the shortcut for going to the first segment doesn’t work
sometimes it gets annoying to keep having to log in
it’s hard for me to get used to not having to press CTRL-S to keep saving my project
other:
It looks like you have to set the language for segmentation, because it doesn’t take this information automatically from the project. So if you switch source languages, you’ll probably have to go into setup and switch this before starting the next project.
11 out of 11 found this review helpful.
Read more reviews → | | Product description | Heartsome Translation Studio 8.0 to be released soon!
Continues to be the only truly cross-platform computer-aided translation tool -- Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris and Unix.
Integrated project management functions, supports powerful drag-and-drop and batch operations, and helps streamline project management tasks.
New and redesigned filters, support Adobe FrameMaker 7/8/9/10 MIF, Adobe InDesign IDML, SDL TRADOS XLIFF, DejaVu XLIFF filters and completely redesigned Microsoft Office 2007/2010, HTML and SDL TRADOS TagEditor (.ttx) file filters make translation content conversion to Heartsome XLIFF more accurate.
Innovative Pre-stored MT, supports both Google Translate API v2 and Bing Translator, and is pioneering machine translation storage as a TM in the Heartsome XLIFF file.
More flexible QA function, you can automatically set Heartsome Translation Studio 8.0 to perform QA while confirming or approving translations. You can also manually perform QA against single files, multiple files or the whole project.
Heartsome XLIFF files can be exported to RTF files for proofreading and can be updated while importing the edited RTF files.
Increased database and cloud database support, your team members or freelancers around the world can easily share TMs and Termbases.
Flexible license management, activate or deactivate licenses yourself online without the need to contact customer service.
Enhanced terminology consistency functionality, and quick translation. | The world's most advanced web-based TM tool featuring complete privacy and confidentiality.
Wordfast Anywhere is designed to free translators from their home or office and allow them to work on projects from anywhere they have internet connection. Users can upload TM assets to a secure, password-protected workspace and access them from virtually any device that has a web browser. | | Price | Free versions and versions starting at €208.00 | Starting at $3.47 per month | | File formats | RTF, HTML, XML, DITA, Plain Text, PO, RC/ResX, FrameMaker MIF, SVG, Open Document (OpenOffice.org 2.x) and OpenOffice.org 1.x, Office 2003/2007 XML formats, Trados TTX and Adobe InDesign CS2/CS3 INX | MS Word MS Excel MS Powerpoint RTF TXT INX (InDesign) MIF (FrameMaker) TTX PDF (including scanned PDFs) Files can be compressed Wordfast Anywhere can store up to 10 files at a time | | License type | Perpetual | Software as a service (subscription) | | Operating system | Windows, MacOS, Linux | Linux, Mac OS X 10.8 and higher, Windows 7 and higher , Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 7, Mac OS 7, 8, 9, OSX 10.3.4 and higher , Windows 8.1, Windows XP, Windows 95, 98, ME, NT & 2000, Windows 10, Windows Vista, Mac OS X 10.6 and higher, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and higher, Mac OS X 10.4 and higher, Windows 10 (beta) | | System requirements | No data | Any platform that supports internet browsing, including desktops, laptops, PDAs, tablets, and mobile devices. Browsers: Any javascript enabled browser | | Compatibility | Integrates open language technology standards:XLIFF, TMX, TBX, SRX | Supports open standard file formats XLIFF, TMX, TBX & OLIF | | Support and upgrades offered/included | Check with manufacturer | Free upgrades for duration of license/Subscription, Free technical support via support ticket center, Free community support | | Support and tutorial links | No data | No data | | Free trial | No data | No data | | Languages supported | No data | Wordfast Anywhere supports any language that is supported by your web browser. | Looking to buy one of these tools? Save when you buy through ProZ.com Translator Group Buying Translator Group Buying → | | | | X Sign in to your ProZ.com account... | | | | | | |
